Dynastic diversity and rival culturally devoted courts...

Thuringia’s history is closely connected to the names of famous castles and monasteries, palaces and parks dating from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century. Nowhere else in Germany such a density of architecturally and art-historically remarkable buildings and parks has been preserved in such a small area. Thuringia’s cultural landscape shows a unique wealth of significant architectural monuments, which has grown over many centuries. Frequent distributions of the estates since the Middle Ages led to a great number of small states, a situation which existed until 1920 as a Thuringian peculiarity. more...